Pterygosoma melanum, Hirst, 1926

Fajfer, Monika, 2020, A systematic revision of the scale mite genus Pterygosoma Peters, 1849 (Acariformes: Pterygosomatidae), Zootaxa 4805 (1), pp. 1-147 : 48-51

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4805.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC40DD5D-0408-4299-9B96-6E318D10035F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4340992
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF2A23-FFD5-F80A-FF51-D610FB4BFEEE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pterygosoma melanum
status

Treatment

Group: melanum

Diagnosis. Palps not more than 4 times longer than wide. Antero-lateral setae numerous (80–120 pairs). Setae dm1 tapered or paddle-shaped. Setae dm3 absent. Peripheral setae tapered or paddle-shaped and arranged in 1 row. Genital series represented by 1 or 3 pairs of setae g. Four pairs of pseudanal setae present: setae ps1 and ps2 paddleshaped, rounded or cylindrical; setae ps3 and ps4 rounded.

Included species. Pterygosoma angolae Jack, 1962 , Pterygosoma armatum Lawrence, 1936 , Pterygosoma bedfordi Lawrence, 1936 , Pterygosoma benguellae Jack, 1962 , Pterygosoma capensis Jack, 1962 , Pterygosoma hirsti Lawrence, 1936 , Pterygosoma longipalpae Lawrence, 1936 , Pterygosoma melanus Hirst, 1917 .

Distribution. These mites are found in the southern part of the Afrotropic ecozone.

Host range. This group is found exclusively on lizards of the genus Agama (Agamidae) .